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SANITARY SECTION AND HOUSING.
Mr. J. E. Austin, Senior Sanitary Inspector, has compiled this
section of the report relating to Sanitary Circumstances and Housing
and Statistics in regard to Pood Inspection.
Duties in connection with Air Raid Precautions diverted certain
members of the staff from their normal duties and much of the
systematic work of the Department was thereby reduced.
Much time was spent devising schemes for dealing with the
following emergency matters:-
Emergency Water Supplies
First-aid Repairs to Houses
Emergency Drainage repairs
Disposal of civilian war dead
Salvage of foodstuffs
Cleansing & decontamination of
civilian clothing.
Removal of furniture from homes.
Apart from the special sanitary duties arising out of the war,
many of the staff undertook voluntary duties in connection with
Civil Defence proper.
It has not been found possible to prepare the report as in
previous years and only statistical information is submitted herein.
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES.
SANITARY INSPECTION.
Details of the activities of the inspectorate in general sanitary
administration are contained in the subjoined statements.
(a) Inspections. The number of Inspections of all classes - 24,172
( i) Housing:-
House-to-house 1679
Under Public Health Act 1714
Other visits 1420
Re-inspections 13879
(ii) Sanitary Circumstances.
Draining and Sanitary Accommodation 456
Factories (excluding Bakehouses) 72
Workplaces and Outworkers 194
Caravans 188
Ee offensive fumes 8
Billots and Posts 157
Miscellaneous 843
(iii) Food Supply:-
Slauglhterhouses 1276
Dairies 269
Food Premises 611
Bakehouses 103
Re sampling 436
(iv) Infectious Disease
Visits 867
33.